University of the Third Age: the impact of continuing education on the quality of life of the elderly
Abstract Objective: To verify, among elderly participants of the University of the Third Age (UnATI) of PUC Goiás, Goiania, Brazil, whether quality of life was higher or lower among veteran or first-year participants of the UnATI, and to evaluate if there was a statistically significant difference...
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| author | Chadi Emil Adamo Marina Tomaz Esper Gabriela Cunha Fialho Cantarelli Bastos Ivone Félix de Sousa Rogério José de Almeida |
| author_facet | Chadi Emil Adamo Marina Tomaz Esper Gabriela Cunha Fialho Cantarelli Bastos Ivone Félix de Sousa Rogério José de Almeida |
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| description | Abstract Objective: To verify, among elderly participants of the University of the Third Age (UnATI) of PUC Goiás, Goiania, Brazil, whether quality of life was higher or lower among veteran or first-year participants of the UnATI, and to evaluate if there was a statistically significant difference between the quality of life of men and women or first-years and veterans. Method: An observational case-control study with a quantitative approach was performed with 100 elderly individuals from the UnATI. Fifty first-years and fifty veterans were involved. Two questionnaires were applied, one with sociodemographic data and the other using the World Health Organization Quality of Life - Old (WHOQOL-OLD) scale, which evaluates the quality of life of the elderly. Variance analysis (ANOVA) and multivariate variance analysis (MANOVA) were performed, with p≤0.05 applied to the relevant statistics. Result: The vast majority of the sample were women (90%), aged between 60 and 86 years old (average of 68.37±5.28 years old). The overall quality of life score was 3.68±0.50 (first-years) and 3.87±0.55 (veterans). There was a statistically significant difference in the areas: sensory functioning (veterans =4.28±0.65 and first-years =3.95±0.80) (p=0.025) and past, present and future activity (veterans =4.0±0.72 and first-years =3.59±0.79) (p=0.008). Multivariate variance analysis identified that the overall quality of life scores of both men (veterans =3.15 and first-years =4.21) and women (veterans =3.78 and first-years =3.86), were highest after they became veteran students (p=0.007). Conclusion: Veterans had a higher quality of life than first-years. The continuing education provided by UnATI has a positive impact on the quality of life of the elderly. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1d39c5e995fb4514aa3f01be5021d2312022-12-21T19:23:40ZengUniversidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) , Universidade Aberta a Terceira Idade (UnAti)Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia1981-22562017-08-0120454555510.1590/1981-22562017020.160192University of the Third Age: the impact of continuing education on the quality of life of the elderlyChadi Emil AdamoMarina Tomaz EsperGabriela Cunha Fialho Cantarelli BastosIvone Félix de SousaRogério José de AlmeidaAbstract Objective: To verify, among elderly participants of the University of the Third Age (UnATI) of PUC Goiás, Goiania, Brazil, whether quality of life was higher or lower among veteran or first-year participants of the UnATI, and to evaluate if there was a statistically significant difference between the quality of life of men and women or first-years and veterans. Method: An observational case-control study with a quantitative approach was performed with 100 elderly individuals from the UnATI. Fifty first-years and fifty veterans were involved. Two questionnaires were applied, one with sociodemographic data and the other using the World Health Organization Quality of Life - Old (WHOQOL-OLD) scale, which evaluates the quality of life of the elderly. Variance analysis (ANOVA) and multivariate variance analysis (MANOVA) were performed, with p≤0.05 applied to the relevant statistics. Result: The vast majority of the sample were women (90%), aged between 60 and 86 years old (average of 68.37±5.28 years old). The overall quality of life score was 3.68±0.50 (first-years) and 3.87±0.55 (veterans). There was a statistically significant difference in the areas: sensory functioning (veterans =4.28±0.65 and first-years =3.95±0.80) (p=0.025) and past, present and future activity (veterans =4.0±0.72 and first-years =3.59±0.79) (p=0.008). Multivariate variance analysis identified that the overall quality of life scores of both men (veterans =3.15 and first-years =4.21) and women (veterans =3.78 and first-years =3.86), were highest after they became veteran students (p=0.007). Conclusion: Veterans had a higher quality of life than first-years. The continuing education provided by UnATI has a positive impact on the quality of life of the elderly.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1809-98232017000400545&tlng=ptElderlyQuality of LifeUniversity of the Third Age |
| spellingShingle | Chadi Emil Adamo Marina Tomaz Esper Gabriela Cunha Fialho Cantarelli Bastos Ivone Félix de Sousa Rogério José de Almeida University of the Third Age: the impact of continuing education on the quality of life of the elderly Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia Elderly Quality of Life University of the Third Age |
| title | University of the Third Age: the impact of continuing education on the quality of life of the elderly |
| title_full | University of the Third Age: the impact of continuing education on the quality of life of the elderly |
| title_fullStr | University of the Third Age: the impact of continuing education on the quality of life of the elderly |
| title_full_unstemmed | University of the Third Age: the impact of continuing education on the quality of life of the elderly |
| title_short | University of the Third Age: the impact of continuing education on the quality of life of the elderly |
| title_sort | university of the third age the impact of continuing education on the quality of life of the elderly |
| topic | Elderly Quality of Life University of the Third Age |
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